[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[bill]

On 1/5/2024 3:32 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/5/2024 2:26 PM, bill wrote:
>> On 1/5/2024 2:05 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 1/5/2024 1:43 PM, bill wrote:
>>>> On 1/5/2024 1:27 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> On the consumer side I expect drivers like:
>>>>> - they know Windows
>>>>
>>>> At the user level very low learning curve to change.
>>>
>>> It may still be more effort than average Joe want to put in.
>>
>> They all accepted it (like I had to) when MS killed XP and Vista.
>> The replacement was very different.  There are still things I used
>> to do that I can not figure out on Windows 10.
> 
> Apparently the average Joe's of the world think differently.
> 
>>>>> - they have some old Windows programs that they like
>>>>
>>>> Unless they are running an old version of Windows their
>>>> programs probably don't work.  I have had to replace external
>>>> hardware devices I use not because the device stopped working
>>>> but because the software did.
>>>
>>> Any ordinary application build for NT or 2000 should still work.
>>
>> Not hardly.  I have boxes of programs from versions of Windows much
>> newer than NT and 2000 that will not run on mt Windows 10 system.
>> And many more that required that I get a newer version (sometimes
>> not a free upgrade).
> 
> There is no reason why it should not work.

There may be no reason, but I still have a lot of software that
ran fine on Vista and XP that does not run on Win 10.

> 
> API's are maintained.
> 
>>>>> - their PC came with Windows
>>>>
>>>> And, if the (Illegal?) pressure from MS was removed they could
>>>> just as easily come with Linux.  And it could make them cheaper.
>>>
>>> It has been tried. Not much sale.
>>
>> Because the seller was still required to pay the (illegal?) MS tax.
> 
> MS dropped that practice in 1994.
> 
> 30 years ago.
> 
>>>>                                     Not how Office is no longer
>>>> sold but uses a subscription service so they can continue to collect
>>>> revenue while forcing users to constantly change to newer versions
>>>> even if the newer version offers the user nothing.
>>>
>>> Some are comfortable with the subscription model. A lot use
>>> it for various services used by their smartphone.
>>>
>>> But there is also a large number of home PC's with Windows but
>>> without MS Office.
>>
>> That's true.  I have a laptop running Windows 10 that only performs the
>> task people have accused the PC of all along.  It launches Minecraft and
>> then runs as a game console.  :-)
> 
> You should be able to run Minecraft on Linux.

Why would I want to waste a good Linux machine when I have this Windows
box that's not really good for much else ?

bill